Ferdynand Ruszczyc
(1870–1936) Polish artist (1870-1936)
Ferdynand Ruszczyc (1870–1936) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Ferdynand Ruszczyc belongs to the chapter ‘The avant-garde’ in this site’s history of art.
Ferdynand Ruszczyc was born in Bahdanava and died in Bahdanava. Ferdynand Ruszczyc trained at Imperial St. Petersburg University and Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Ferdynand Ruszczyc worked in Saint Petersburg and Vilnius. Wikidata associates Ferdynand Ruszczyc with Symbolism. The awards include Knight of the Legion of Honour, Gold Cross of Merit, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, and Officer of the Legion of Honour. The students included Mykola Burachek.
One of the best-known works is ‘Près de l'église’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 27 works by Ferdynand Ruszczyc with free images. The dated works span the years 1890–1907. Works by Ferdynand Ruszczyc are held by several collections, among them National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Kraków, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, and Silesian Museum in Katowice. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Martin Brandenburg, Claudio Castelucho, Ferdinand Schmutzer, Johann Georg van Caspel, and Jacques Grüber.